We barely ever outshoot the opponent like this though. We did on Thursday too, but that's because the Pens had their 5 or 6 (and eventually 7) goals before they even reached the 20 shot mark. So they didn't need to get their usual 38-40 shots on us.
I'm okay with Hynes benching a player for what Severson did tonight.
What I'm not okay with is how we've seen worse from Lovejoy almost every game, and he seems to get his minutes increased when he's awful.
I just want a sign, a secret hand signal, something to indicate that we're overloading Lovejoy because he gives us the best chance to allow the most scoring chances and goals against.
I will admit Severson played a lousy game tonight. But I still wouldn't bench him. Maybe if we were a stacked team that was top 5 in the league, you give him a night off for it, but come on. Lovejoy has played 80 ****** games this year and he hasn't been benched. Moore has played 150+ ****** games for us since he's been here. He hasn't been benched. The team gets drastically worse with Severson on the bench. Again, I'm fine with the turnovers since it's statistically shown night in and night out the team generates most of it's chances with him on the ice. Like I've said all year, the second the talent on this team collectively improves, Severson will turn into a fan favorite for this team. Once we get forwards that can actually finish, Severson will be appreciated more.
But you're right. The Lovejoy love-fest is mindboggling. I'm starting to get convinced he might even get protected which could by far be the worst thing this organization could do. Because if he gets protected, you automatically have to dismiss Hynes/Shero's credibility. Then you know those two just don't have a clue what is needed to build/manage a successful team. Now I still trust Shero, but like you know, I'm done with Hynes. If he isn't playing Lovejoy for the tank, then he seriously cannot evaluate talent. And I don't want to hear from anyone else that there aren't better options. Because there are. Prout/Hegelson/Auvitu all are. Which is one of the saddest sentences I've written lol.